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Calakmul
Ox Te' Tuun · Calakmul Archaeological Site
Late Classic Maya·Maya (Kanul dynasty)·🇲🇽 Campeche, Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
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About
About Calakmul
Powerful Classic Maya superpower (capital of Kanul Snake Kingdom, 6th–9th century) with 6,750 structures, twin reservoirs and stelae. Structure II is massive layered pyramid. Recorded context — Period: Late Classic Maya; Culture: Maya (Kanul dynasty); Field status: ongoing; Materials: stone; Condition: ruins.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 500 BCE–900 CE (peak 636–736 CE)
- Period
- Late Classic Maya
- Culture
- Maya (Kanul dynasty)
- Purpose
- Maya capital and temple-pyramid complex
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 500 BCE–900 CE (peak 636–736 CE)
Initial construction
c. 1012 CE
Major expansion
Location
Where it is
18.1050° N · 89.8080° W · 250 m
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